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Posted on by jamiehandelman

I have a power automate desktop flow where I am trying to take a screenshot with the web recorder and save it to a folder. The save fails every time. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks!

Error message:

Robin.Core.ActionException: Failed to save screenshot to file. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+.
at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams)
at Robin.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.WebAutomationActions.TrySaveScreenshotOfWebPage(FileVariant fileName, Image image, ImageFormatEnum fileFormat, Boolean copyToClipboard)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Robin.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.TakeScreenshotBase.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Robin.Runtime.Engine.ActionRunner.RunAction(String action, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments, IActionStatement statement)

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Chris82 2 on at

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Hi,

I would recommend to use "Set variable" action to store the path. Thanks to that you will get a preview of the value through the "Variables" section located on the right-hand side.

Cheers
Chris

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sahbai 5 on at

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I'm experiencing the same issue as well. Flows have been running for months without a problem, this just started happening week of 5/30/2021

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johnaustin 20 on at

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i am also experiencing this issue !

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gkstor 7 on at

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It happens because you already have a folder with the same name. To avoid it, you can use the action "if folder exists".

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josephspengler 123 on at

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I had the same issue. Not really a solution, but I found a workaround.

I was trying to save to C:\image.png
That wouldn't work any way I tried it.

However I was able to save to a network file share:
\\domain.org\home\username\image.png

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